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:|TmJe Carnival Week Is
! Expected to Attract Big
Army of Thrifty Buyers
In Kanns BockI
Begii»TomoiTowi““;Wi«^i.
Alrf To Continue Club On The NRA
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Until August 31st:
Prices On Cotton Goods Will'
Advance Fisst Of Com- j
ing M(Hith j
I'^PBOCBSS TA^ IS CAUSE I
Merckaiits Here Arrange Big;
,, Event For 'Oirifty Buy- I
efS Of County |
A big Trade Carnival Week Is
aB&ounced toifey by merobants
ot North- WilkeeboFO^ and a big
army of thrifty buyers are ex-
bere during the coming'
week. I
Special mention Is made In the j
announcements of the merchants
tbe fact that all cotton goods I
take a sharp rise in price on
^ptember 1 due to the process
tax which, goes Into effect on that
, date.
"F^w people realUe that the
price on all cotton goods is bound
i to go up, as we are telling them,”
‘ die merchant stated yesterday.
“Yet It is a fact. We are endeav-
, ‘ orlBg to convince our customers |
' that this is no advertising scheme '
i to get them to buy. If we suc-j
^ oeed. Trade Carnival W e e k |
ahould result in a big saving to
thousaods of people who trade
In North Wilhesboro.”
A large number of the merch-
-ants ere .,.oo-opereting in
.’erent an# thr[
y. the
e^fully tS^fr^^wegCT an_
ttar ate e*aertls*n«
a truth when they state that prlc-
wUl Increase sharply the first
of the month
P. W. Eshelman Secures Char
lotte Man To Deliver Ad
dress Tomorrow
W. M. ■>lclAurine, secretary
of the .American Cotton JIanu-
facturers’ .Association, will de
liver an address on the NR.A
movement at tomorro w's
luncheon of the Klwanls Club.
P. tv. Eshelman, president
of the tVilkes Hosiery Mills,
will be in charge of the pro
gram.
The Cliarlotte man as secre
tary of the cotton group was
on the inside of the negotl-
ation.s incident to the adoption
of the code of the te.\tile in
dustry and is familiar with tlie
government’s program. A large
attendance Is expected for the
^meeting tomorrow.
Escaped ConviMsCaptur
r
Above, Tom Boyd, Kansas
State treasurer,_ and below, Ron
ald Finney, bond broker and
grain speculator of Emporia.
Kas., central figures in the dis
closure that forged bonis of the
Kansas School Fund Commission
had been deposited as security at
several banks, to the amount of
$658,000.
D. J. Brookshire
Named Appraiser „ .
For Hon^Ownersj ^j^ther Meeting
Of NRA Club To
Be Held Monday
Well Known Contractor To
Serve As Appraiser In
Wilkes County
HE ACCEPTS POSITION
Announcement was made yes- [ (-^airman Reins, R. E. Wal-
Brookshire, and E. M. Blackburn
terday that D. J
prominent building contractor,
this had accepted the appointment as
ler for the Home Owners'
iTiBank, of 0piiS}W2i
Broolmlilre apRolptet^, sever
al days ago, but the Information
was not released for publication
until yesterday.
Mr. Brookshire will serve as
appraiser In Wilkes county, fur
nishing complete Information to
the bank regarding property
under consideration for a loan.
The Home Owners Loan Cor
poration was created by Congress
at the recent session and Is under
government supervision.
Mr. Brookshire is emineirtly
qualified to serve as appraiser
To Name Committee
BRIEF MEET TUESDAY
club, presided Tuesday
and the announcement of his ac-,''find brief talks were jnade by
ceptance was enthusiastically re
ceived.
Revival To Start
Holmess Church
Will Begin- Sunday, Septem-
, her 3; Spray Minister To
Come Here
A series of revival services will
begin at the Pentecost Holiness
church bere Sunday, September
♦r
The pastor. Rev. C. W. Mar
tin, will 'be assisted in the meet
ing by Rev. R."J. Shumate, of!
Simg, a well known evangelist,
who will do the preaching.
An invitation was extended
yaaterday by Rev. Mr. Martin for
^telphers' ot all denominations to
attimd the services and assist in
■>^0(1# for the Master.
rj^nic of Fruit
Growers Friday
Brushy Mountain Folks To
Rear Snyder And H. R.
Niswonger
J. W.’Snyder, federal aoll eros- —
ion expert of Stateevllle, ajid P-iifagard to the status ot the small
^ ' country merchant under NRA.
Further Instructions Expect
ed From National Head
quarters Soon
Another meeting of the North
Wilkesboro NRA Club will be
held at the city hall next Mon
day evening, it was announced
at a brief meeting Tuesday eve
ning. By that time full instruc
tions regarding the functions of
the club are expected from na
tional headquarters and a com
plete explanation will be given.
J. C. Reins, chairman of the
evening
V- ' -- - — -
pria^pal speakers at the annoai
' i p^lo of the Brus^'' MounUln.
|i^tt Growers ' AnsoeWion at
Sonjwood Lake loihoriw. -
^ ‘ The annual pic«Ie“*p*ogTam
nrtll get under w«y a^nt 11
^ o'etodk. RoRpwing; ®be hidresses,
r a JPlenlc dinner will ie aenred. A
^^'^iargc^ninber of theigtwiwrs and
};0ielrjamtll«i nrh expected to be
.jgBmtiat. ■
' iiimday dcluolt To
fi^yT»f At4:00
Country Stores
May EoUst NRA
May Secure Blue Eagle By
Applying At Their Local
Post Office
Country stores may secure
their Blue Elegle and enlist und
er the NRA without any restric
tion as to hours of labor, provid
ed no olerks are employed, ac-
cortHng to a letter received by
the oonnty welfare department
from Dr. Roy Brown, technical
adviser to the Governor’s Office j
of Relief. I
The letter reads: |
Some question has arisen in i
the secretary, E. M. Blackburn,
W. H. Clark. W. R. Absher, D.
J. Carter and others.
Chairman Reins, Secretary
Blackburn and Postmaster R. E.
Walters were authorized by the
club to proceed to name the
necessary committee to carry on
the work of the organization.
The general understanding
was that the club would have as
one of its functions the checking
of any code violations. It was al
so undrestood that the committee
would be called upon to make
the house-to-house canvass for
the purpose of enlisting every
business, no matter how small,
and every individual under the
Approximately 160|j
Cases Disposed of'
At 4-Weeks’ Court
Seven Murder Cases Were In
Kumt»er; FfYf Murder
V Cases To Jury
TWO TRIED FOR LIVES
Cases Against Grey Taylor
and Dallas Moore, Eugene
Haupe Not Pressed
Approximately 160 cases were
disposed pf during the four
weeks of Superior court for the
trial ot criminal cases which end
ed Saturday.
Included in the list of cases re
moved from the docket were sev
en murder cases, two ot which
were nol pressed' and five tried
before the jury.
In the five murder cases tried,
two defendants were found guil
ty of murder in the second de
gree, two were acquitted and
one found guilty of manslaugh
ter.
Results of the murder cases
were:
Glenn Walsh, 30 years in pen
itentiary; Hersohel Richardson,
•22 to 30 years in ipenltentiary;
Partee Davis, six months on
road: Poster Smith, acquitted;
Squire Hutchison, acquitted.
A nol pros was taken in the
case against Grey Taylor and al
so in the case against Eugene
HauTO and Dallas Moore.
Thfe trial of Walsh required
five days, while the Richardson
trial lasted three days. Two days
each were required for the trial
ot Smith, Davis and Hutchison.
Following is a list of cases dis
posed of during" the closing days
(Continued on page four)
County S^¥o1sTo
Open September 6
Instead of Fourth
Two-Day Postponement Is
Announced By Superin
tendent C. B. Eller
TEACHERS MEET ON ,5TH
The opening date of the Wilkes
county schools has been changed
from September 4 to September
"6, C. B. Eller, superintendent of
the school system, announced
■yesterday.
The later date was arranged
so that several matters prelimin
ary to the * opening could be
worked out.
A general meeting of all the
school teachers in the county will
be held at Wilkesboro on Sep
tember 5. Superintendent Eller
said.
The two-day postponement is
mandatory upon all schools, it
being planned to start every
school in the system on the same
day.
SCENE IN GERMAN FOREST
Mixed stand of shortleaf and Virginia pine at'farm of Mr, J. M.
German, of Boomer, this county. This field of 26-year-old pines gave
a thinning harvest of 13.5 cords, with 341 choice trees, scaling 18.9 ^
cords, left. These pines have paid taxes for the life of the trees and
given a net annual income of 6.2 per cent simple interest on land valu
ed at $20 per acre.
Thousands of Speakers Are -
Called In Blue Eagle Drive
Cabinet Membw’s, Judges, Senators, Representatives, Minis
ters and Literary Lights to Assist In Campaign to Place
Bhie Eagle In Every Home, Factory and Store
W. f. Cranorls
Seriously III
R; .'Nlawonger, extension horthjnl- .
ittriOist of Raleigh, wlU be the may secure the Blue Eagle by W. T. Cranor, prominent local
applying to his postmaster. If he man. who suffered hemorhages
owns his own business and em- of the brain Tuesday night and
ploys no clerks, his hours of la-; was carried to the Wilkes Hos-
^ _ r.1. _ s J^
hbr are in no way restricted.”
Plorida Gets Relief Fund
Washington, Aug. 21.—^An ad
ditional grant of $576,000 to
Florida for unemployment relief
was announced tonight by Harry
L. Hopkins, federal relief admin
istrator, bringing that state’s
total up to $2,347,032.
Mrs. Aroian Triplette and ohll-
■ |dren, Robert and Ray, spent sev-
Bngage Meth-, ^j^ys last week with Mr. and
** Mrs. J. R. Foster, at Purlear.
adjiv-.
TMc'intcraoon At
:.fWlripMBBds
fhKjdhiy^rlan and the
t "iui^ay schools will
ler this afternoon in
Ihat will have an im-
ji^rlng upon the base-
Hg^fenship of the local
pital, was described by attaches
at the hospital this morning as
"no better.”
His condition is regarded as
extremely critical.
Mr. Cranor is a brother of Mr.
P. T. Cranor, of this city, and At
torney Hugh A. Cranor, of Wll-
kesboro,
^The W. C. T. U. will meet this
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Lula Hubbard in
Wilkesboro. Everyone Interested
is Invited to attend.
Great Wilkes Fair Premium List
To Be Mailed Out WithinFext
, aaawaasaj w*
Premium lists for the Great catalogues will certainly be rMdy to stay they applied to the-
Wilkes Fair will prol»bly be
mailed odt either the -latter part
ot this weak or the first of next
week, W. A. Rousseau, secretary
of the Great Wilkes Fair Associ-
tror »o ■*»ted yesterday,
Brery effort la being made to
itlon
grospeetive
Sh'rorer the Baptists in
.aeries, tbe Metho-
d^o defeat JMdt
Presbyterians. Dr.
in fine
is
by the middle of next week, Mr.
Roussean said.
Arrangements for special .at
tractions are now being made
and W. A. McNeill, president and
general buainew manager,
directors ot the assoeiation are
leaving no stone uatused to
at 4
—B —the Liberty TbaatM.gdva
abotuf the -fw mite the four daya of the. tair, ea to each jd tham^'’’^'C
1*. thq. ."’IPhey
_ .wliioh ..BP
Washington, Aug. 21.—^In ris
ing crescendo, starting next Mon
day, the rallying cry of the NRA
blue eagle will be heard through
out the land.
Recovery headquarters ibustled
today with final preparations to
make the blue eagle articulate in
a summons to all remaining in
dustries to code-compliance, all
consumers to code-co-operation.
One thousand "national speak
ers” were being assigned to key-
city platforms. Twenty - nine
thousand local speakers were list
ed.
Louis Alber, head of the speak
ers’ bureau, announced final
plans for the August 28 nation
wide, over-the-top movement,
said Sunday night has been set
for the “army of volunteers" to
get their "final marching orders”
from Gen. Hugh 3. Johnson,
"field marshal.”
Notables to Anwar
Plenty of martial fanfare was
scheduled to (help Johnson swing
a nation into tbe spirit of con
certed action;'
Music by Vmy, navy and ma
rine bands; S'speech by iMadame
Ernestine ^Chtimann Helnk, who
learned how to say stirring things
(Continued on page four)
Walsh Taken To
Ralegh Monday
Glenn Walsh, convicted slayer
of Policeman James R. Grayson,
'was carried to Raleigh Monday
to begin serving bis 30-year sen
tence in the state penitentiary.
He was taken there by Sheriff’s
Deputies H. C. Kilby and Silas
Shumate.
Ii^Ie To Go To
Lmcohton Soon
S. D. Moore, Of Chariotte,
To Be New Patrolman In
This Territory
Carlyle Ingle, popular state
highway patrolman who has been
located here for the past two
years, has been transferred to
Lincolnton, and S. D. Moore, who
has been stationed at Charlotte,
has been assigned to this terri
tory.
Mr. Ingle will move to Lin
colnton next week as soon
OXiuiuaipC. . , » coinion D©*t -wwen. aa —*
Carl Oakley, sentence# to feom patrolman Moore arrives here
4 to 6 years for an assaUlt .^h jjy (Moore will work over the
a deadly weapon, was alsd talwn game territory formerly patrolled
to Raleigh by the officers. ky Mr. Ingle.
Family Of 11 Seejr"^.
Motion Pictui'il’^r
For First
Quits School F(w-Pa^lt
Lawrence, Kan., Aug. 21.—
Dr. Samuel B. Braden, for 11
years dean of the school of re-
llgion of the University of Kan-
Mr. and' Mrs. John Helton and resigned today in order to
their nine children, of Low Gap, Igccapt the pastorate of the First
Surry county, saw their fint {Christian church of Paducah, Ky.
moving picture show last Friday-j,jj, Braden win assume his new
night while In the city. .'^duties September 3.
The Surry folks were making
Baptist Revival
To Begin Sunday
Services Will Be Held At
Wilkesboro Church All
Of Next Week
A revival meeting will begin
at Wilkesboro Baptist church
Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Tbe
meeting will be in charge of the
pastor, Rev. Avery Church.
Singing will be conducted by
Wm. A. Stroud, choir leader, who
will direct tbe large choir.
Members of all denominations
are cordially invited to attend
and assist in the meeting.
Linney To PrMch At
Mount Church
Rev. W. B. I#BiWy» of WUkes-
boro,' ■will preach 'dt Mt.’ 'Ollye "
Baptist church Saturday night,
August 24th, 7:30. The public is
invited to bear him.
Miss BUlilbeth Berry left Tues
day for her borne in Columbia,
Va., after an extended visit with
her gtondpelfents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Wellbwn, of Wilkesboro.
WiHh» Officers
GetMenWho
Away h Dai
Arrest Was Made Tui
In Longbottotai Section
.Of County
ALL ARE LONG TERM^
EDis Brattmi Was Amons^
The Four; Officers Come
Here For Tlieni
Four escaped convicts ISDin^;
the Mocksville chaingang . wet*i
rounded up in the Longbottpm
section of Wilkes county lateV
Tuesday when Wilkes etfic^nj
set a trap from •which the crim
inals had no chance to escape.
The four men taken wer
11s Bratton, Ed Smith,
Griffin and Bernard-idUiH*
all of them long termers,- 'jtho
escaped from the Davie county
camp last week.
A stolen . automobile, 'wUeh.
contained smoking tobacco, glens
tumblers and a variety of mer
chandise, was also brought In’by
the officers. «-
The officers noticed an a©-
(count ot the escape of tiio con
victs in the state dallies, .and.
were on the lookout, euspeethig'
that Bratton, who was arreetod
here about two weeks ago when,
he attempted to sdlj rtotea
•wheat, would again head ib the
upper edge of Wilkes. •
The officers went to the com
munity and completely surround
ed the home of Philo Csudll!,
where they had learned tltai 'the
men had arranged for supper.
The convicts surrendered wfth-
>out reslstence.
T^ Capture was hjade by
Sheriff B. Somers, '"Chief
Deputy OM Wiles and Deputle*^
H. C. Kilby. Elijah Sheets, S. I"
Shumate and Luther Prevette.
Authorities came here yesteij
day from Mocksville to return tl
men to the prison camp.
Sentences of the four m^
range from 6 to 16 years. It wj
reported., , i
At tSoAlmo of' Bratton’s ar
two woi^,;4ifbv bn autpmobUa.g
owned by’f^fbnce Rni$^ pi :
city, was" recovered,
en to Mocksville to server ont
term, but escaped* wdek
along with the tbi(Wi|;otiltor mon. ,
His escape last'weelt'Wa8.^Jii,^sbo-^
ond within a period
weeks.
Judge Hayes
Speak At NbeZioa
Federal Jurist' Is Secure®.
For Morning Session Sat
urday At 11 o’clock
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
Greensboro, a native of WUkea.
county, will deliver an address ,
Saturday morning at Mt. ' Zion ;
Baptist church at 11 o’clock.
The Brushy Mountain Bapttol ■
Association will be in session at
the time and the federal JurJa| i
will speak to the assemblbd |
group. Judge Hayes will speigk ;
on law and order. '
Colvards Secure ®
Agency For Shel ;^
Are Distributors' In Alto*
ghsity, Watauga, Ashc^ f
Aim! wakes ^
their way to Caldwell county
S Adtfi came here from Elkin on 'a
' ’truck. Without money or any
■Clti'. 'Welfare department and
yrere given meals and rooms at
the Central Hotel.
'WheiT it was learned that not
a single member of the family ot
and eleven had ever been to a motion
pletnrt house, thp management
Oxford Orphanage Concert Ga» To
Give Prograni Here Friday Eventag
•>'- - t- A l~ ' ' '■ * '!■
The Oxford Orphanage spne^
the concert tour u4 the clasa tt
row to. present thei^annakl coir
cert program at the NortA Wil
iHi&bvo; high school au&taifiua.
’fbe
^ beglas at S «. A
class -will come to the city toSioP^i from the. large number of
MBdeqts. stndylBg mo*!** .
and «pr«enoB.gi . - '
F^i^elaM ;ig.JtK to
tb*
Mr. W. B. Colvarde of thto
of West Jefferson, have
appointed distrirbutors of
Gasoline, motor oils and
es.ln Wilkes, Ashe, AHeghaiT-
and Watauga, It was asT
yesterday.
The popular-Skell t>f
will- be available Ss these
connties upon.-shoit
prompt servloe vrlll)^'
the new ageffty.
Shell .staUona will 'be-
Jjss rapidiy as possible. It
stated. ■ '
Ice Cream Si.
Beaver
Ihe public huBoetJ
voice tited to attend
per whleh'pbmneb J
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